It is common to differentiate between two ways of building a nanodevice: a topdown approach where we start from something big and chisel out what we want and abottom-up approach where we start from something small like atoms or molecules andassemble what we want. When it comes to describing...

This tutorial will provide an overview of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) andits application towards problems in molecular conduction. In an effort to communicatethe power and limitations of these instruments, the tutorial will describe designconsiderations and reveal the detailed construction...